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G. P. MILLS. WRAPPER FOR FISH HOOKS.

N0."542,39 4. Patented July 9, 1895.

. GEORGE F. MILLS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM MILLS & SON,' OF'.when in its folded position.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC NE YORK, Y.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,394, dated July 9,1895.. e Application filed September 24, 1894. Serial lid 523,871. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. MILLS, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement inWrappers for Fish-Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved wrapper for fish-hooks, and is moreparticularly applicable to snelled fish-hooks.

The object is to provide a wrapper which will effectually inclose andprotect the hooks and which at the same time may be readily unfolded forthe Withdrawal of the hooks.

A practical embodiment'of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings,

in which- Figure l is a view of my preferred form of wrapper in itsfolded adjustment, showing in dotted lines the position of the hookstherein. Fig. 2 is an edge'view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of thewrapper in its unfolded position. Fig. 4 is a top View of the wrapperFig. 5, is a partial vertical section through one flap, showing'themanner of securing the clasp to the flap. Fig. 6 is a view of the clasp.Fig. 7 is a View of a modified form of wrapper in its folded position.Fig. 8 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 9 is a view of the same in itsunfolded position. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the wrapper. Fig. 11 isa partial vertical sec- .tion through one of the flaps of thewrapper,

showing the mannerof attaching the modified form of clasp. Fig. 12 is aview of a third form of wrapper. Fig. 13 is a view of this form inunfolded position, and Fig. 14 is a top view of the third form ofwrapper.

A designates the wrapper as a whole, and it consists of a body portiona, two laterallyfolding side flaps a a and a longitudinallyfoldingflap-aThe wrapper is so cut that,

when the flaps o. a are folded over onto the body portion a and thelongitudinally-folding flap is folded over onto the side flaps, the

wrapper will have a contracted mouth or 1 opening at its top and isconsiderably wider at its base to accommodate the curved part of thehook, the contracted mouth serving to allow the smells to extend withoutthe wrapper.

Proceeding to describe my preferred form, as shown inFigs. 1 to 6,inclusive, the clasp flexible metal 0, which is secured along the freeend of the flap a preferably by folding a portion of the flap over thestrip of" metal 0 and gluing it or fastening it in any de sired manner.In this form the part 00 0f the flap a which folds over the strip 0,preferably extends out to or nearly to the ends of the strip 0.

In the forms shown in Figs. 1 to 11, inclusive, the wrapper ispreferably made of stifi paper or cardboard.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 12 to 14, inclusive, the wrapper andclasp are preferably made of metal and all in one piece, the clasp atthe end of the flap a being formed by laterally-extending wings a a Whenmade in this form I preferably form the wrapper of spring metal andcurve the wings a a. over, so that when the wrapper is folded the saidwings will snap over around the body portion a and hold the wrapper inits folded adjustment.

It will be seen that the Wrapper, as thus formed, will effectuallyprotect the hooks which are inserted therein from doing any damage, andyet the hooks may be very quickly and easily removed from the wrapperwhen desired. ,7

It is evident. that slight changes might be resorted to in the structureand arrangement of the several parts herein described without departingfrom the spirit and scope of myinvention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but

What I claim is- A wrapper for fish hooks, comprisingabody portion,overlapping flaps at the sides of the body'portion, an extended flapatthe bottom of the body portion adapted to fold Over the overlapping sideflaps and a flexible metal per closed and a guard against the tearing ofclasp secured at the free end of said last the mouth of the wrapper,substantiallyas set 10 named folding flap and provided with exforth.

tended wings of such length that, together i 1 i with the body portionof the elasp,they may GEORGE be folded to completely surround the mouthWitnesses:

of the wrapper, forming at the same time a FREDK. HAYNES,

fastening for holding the mouth of the Wrap- GEORGE BARRY.

